Four people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the ger districts of Ulaanbaatar and 35 have been hospitalized after burning the smokeless briquettes which have been introduced as the official alternative to coal. The deaths occurred between 3 and

A search and rescue operation for the U.S. citizen who failed to return from climbing Altai Tavan Bogd Mountain has been stopped following the contest of his family, reported the Mongolian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). It is now 17

A Safer World-Taiwan can help
October, 2019
Taiwan serves as key geopolitical hub in East and Southeast Asia.

The World Drug Report 2018[1] published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) pointed out that North America, East Asia and Southeast

Save the Children Japan (SCJ) and the World Bank today announced the launch of a USD 2.75 million grant for a project supporting vulnerable young people in rural Mongolia. The project—funded by the Government of Japan under the Japan Social

The Independent Agency against Anti-Corruption has put Ts.Baatarbileg, director of “NVTs Group” into custody as a part of an ongoing investigation to into projects and programmes financed by the Development  Bank of Mongolia.

The “NVTs Group” is the leading egg producer

A Siberian black bear has attacked a herder family in Selenge Province in northern Mongolia with fatal consequences. According to various sources, a father and his son were killed by the bear. The incident happened yesterday, Thursday (3 October) in

The population of Mongolia is just over 3 million people, however the number of mobile phone users in the country has reached 4.2 million; two million of them have Facebook accounts. It has now been announced by the regulators that

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Mongolian government have signed loan agreements worth USD 103 million for three projects that will upgrade border checkpoints, complete a district hospital, and scale up road rehabilitation in the country.

Yolanda Fernandez Lommen, ADB

The purchase of gold by the Mongolian Central Bank dropped 22 percent from January to September 2019. In total it acquired 11.2 tons of gold from legal entities and individuals.

The bank explained that the drop can be attributed to the

The Mongolian Government has decided to mark a new festival – National Costume Day on 9 July every year.   The decision aims to expand the annual traditional festival of ‘Deeltei Mongol’ or “Mongolians in Deels” which is held the day